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Article 106 - 35 |
Delete the
definition of Travel Permit |
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Comment |
Travel permit
requirement has been deleted |
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New Article 503 A
12 |
Pick up players
who chose to participate in the Junior Olympic
Girls Class B program may not have participated
in any college softball program. |
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Comment |
Defines pick-up
players in Junior Olympic Girls' Fast Pitch
Class B |
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Article 509 B 04
d |
Girls ASA Class
A Fast Pitch (all ages). These National
Championship Finals shall be scheduled and
completed on the weekend that includes the first
Saturday in August and may have the option of
commencing no earlier than Monday. Opening
ceremonies shall be held on that Monday.
These championships are scheduled for a maximum
of seven days |
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Comment |
Allows ASA Class
A Girls Fast Pitch National Championships to
start as early as Monday and be scheduled for
seven days. |
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Article 509 B 04
e |
Girls ASA Class
B Fast Pitch (all ages). These National
Championship Finals shall be scheduled by the
Territory in which the tournament takes place,
but must be scheduled between the third Saturday
in July and the weekend that includes the second
Saturday in August and may have the option of
commencing no earlier than Monday. Open
ceremonies shall be held on that Monday.
These championships are scheduled for a maximum
of seven days. |
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Comment |
Allows ASA Class
B Girls Fast Pitch National Championships to
start as early as Monday, be scheduled for seven
days and have the option of when to host these
National Championships. |
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Article 510 A 01 |
In Junior
Olympic Girls' 10-Under Class A and 10-Under
Class B Fast Pitch pool play, the time limit
will be on hour and forty minutes; no inning
shall start after one hour and forty minutes. |
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Comments |
Changes Girls'
10-Under Class A and Class B time limits to
match the other age classifications. |
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Article 511 A 01 |
Junior Olympic
Pool Play. In all Junior Olympic Class A
and Class B National Championship Finals, pool
play (providing each team with two games) shall
be used to enhance the participation experience.
In Girls Fast Pitch 18-Under Gold pool play
(providing each team with two games) shall be
played for recruitment purposes only.
Teams must participate in pool play to be
eligible for the double elimination bracket.
In Junior Olympic Girls' Slow Pitch, if there
are less than 85 teams, qualifying pool play
shall be conducted; if there are 85 or more
teams, there shall be no qualifying Pool play. |
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Comment |
Pool play in all
Junior Olympic Girls' Fast Pitch will be used
only to enhance the participation experience. |
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Article 511 B 01 |
Bracket
Protection. The ASA Official Double Elimination
Bracket shall be used. Teams qualifying from the
same region shall be protected, where possible,
from playing each other in the first two rounds
of the winner’s bracket. When the number of
teams entered in the tournament from a region is
greater than the number of sections on the
bracket, the final alignment shall be determined
by the ASA Representative.
NOTE: The double elimination bracket draw shall
be held prior to the pool play draw. Pools will
be assigned from the double elimination draw.
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Comments: |
Defines that
Double elimination bracket draw shall be held
prior to the pool play and pools assigned from
the double elimination draw. |
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Article 515 |
ASA TERRITORY
QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS ( Junior Olympic 18-Under
Gold Only ). The ASA shall conduct two
Territory Qualifying Tournaments in Junior
Olympic Girls’ 18-Under Gold Fast Pitch in each
of the following Territory as defined in Article
203 of this code as follows:
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Comments: |
The word Sector
is changed to Territory in all instances within
Article 515 of the ASA Code and all other areas
in the ASA Code. |
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Article 516 E 01 |
Eligible Teams.
All teams within an ASA National Championship
Finals Territory that have not qualified for an
USA / ASA Junior Olympic Girls’ Class A Fast
Pitch National Championship are eligible to
qualify for the ASA National Championship Finals
Tournament through their local association.
Teams may play in their closest National
Championship. |
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Comments |
Defines that
teams may play in their closest National
Championship. |
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Article 516 F |
The ASA shall
conduct one National Championship Finals in each
age classification of Junior Olympic Girls’
Class B Fast Pitch in each of the ASA
territories, In accordance with Article 203,
Territories of this Code.
1. Eligible Teams. All teams within an ASA
National Championship Finals Territory are age
eligible to qualify for their ASA Territory
National Championship Finals tournament through
their local Associations. Teams may play in
their closest National Championship.
2. Format. Each ASA Girls’ Fast Pitch National
Tournament shall be structured so that each team
is scheduled to play a minimum of four ( 4 )
games – two games of pool play and double
elimination bracket.
03. Opening Ceremonies. Each National Tournament
shall have a pre-tournament luncheon/draw for
the managers and opening ceremonies. |
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Comments: |
Changes ASA
Junior Olympic Class B Fast format to be similar
to ASA Junior Olympic Class A format and allows
teams to play in their closest National
Championship. |
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Article 516 G |
Junior Olympic GOLD Girls’
18-Under Fast Pitch -
EFFECTIVE 2008.
There will not be a Defending Champion or top
Three Runners-Up from the 2007 Gold National
Championship receiving berths to the 2008 Gold
National Championship. The berths will be
allocated as follows:
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National
Qualifier |
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2 |
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Regional
Champion |
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15 |
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Regional
Berths based on previous Year's Gold
Participation in Regional Play |
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Region with highest participation |
5 |
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Region with second highest
participation |
5 |
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Region with third highest
participation |
1 |
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Region with fourth highest
participation |
1 |
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Region with fifth highest
participation |
1 |
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Region with sixth highest
participation |
1 |
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Region with seventh highest
participation |
1 |
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15 |
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Territorial Berths based upon
previous Year's Gold Participation
in Territorial Play |
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Territory with highest participation |
12 |
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Territory with second highest
participation |
12 |
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Territory with third highest
participation |
4 |
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Territory with fourth highest
participation |
4 |
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32 |
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Maximum
Possible Number of Teams |
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64 |
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Comments: |
Determines the representation of Girls’ 18-Under
Gold National Championship
berths. |
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Article 520 C 05 |
Delete
Travel Permit |
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Comments |
Travel Permits
no longer necessary |
